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welcome. welcome to the "full-court press" here on current tv. great to see you this morning. hope you had a good weekend. we had a great weekend here in washington, d.c., a very busy weekend. good to see you today as we moved in to the new week and a whole new -- not necessarily new set of issues a whole new twist, maybe, on some of the old issues that we have been dealing with for quite awhile. great to see you today and we invite you to join the program. let us hear from you what these issues mean to you and to your family. 866-55-press is your ticket. >> that's the toll-free number. 866-557-7377. join us on twitter and give us your comments @bpshow and now on facebook at facebook.com/bill press show. here we go on this morning after our easter sunday celebration together together. and we've got not quite the

entire team here dan henning's got the day off. peter ogburn? >> hey, hey, hey. >> everything this morning. >> i am not sure if i remember how to do this. >> answering the phones. stevie lee web with cyprian boulding, our resident videographer all dolled up today for opening day of the gnats. cyprian has the whole uniform on this morning. >> that's right. this afternoon. >> tomorrow, marlins. that's right. how many to yankees snn they lost that game. today's real today's the real deal. i have to tell you it was ncaa march madness yesterday and, wow, what an emotional rollercoaster that louieville game. i just happened to tune in as

they were restarting playsville game. i just happened to tune in as they were restarting play. a compound fracture, you know, not many of those these days especially on a basketball court. >> and the way that it happened, it was just a really unfortunate way to land. it wasn't like it was a violent, you know, any kind of confrontation. he just jumped up to try to block a shot. the way he landed it just couldn't support him. everybody was understandably. hi teammates the coaches, fans everybody was in tears. it shook people up. i am not sure how they were able to continue the game frankly? >> it was incredible. >> louisville did go on to beat duke, sort of inspired by ken ware said i am going to be okay. you guys just win this game for me. and i mean it had to affect their performance, both teams, performance of both teams you

forget that these are young guys playing basketball, and they know the risks of when you are playing, you can get really hurt. >> yeah. >> when you see it illustrated that graphically, yeah, it really hits you. >> and then there was some other upsets. how about michigan? anything think michigan would be in the final 4? >> no. >> so how are we doing on our -- >> we are doing okay. mere is the thing. >> we had louisville to win. >> and dan. dan is pulling ahead because dan had syracuse and louisville. >> and marquette? >> bill, you had louisville ohio state, who is now gone. >> yeah. >> and florida, who is now gone and indiana, who is now gone. so, you and i are both down to louieville. dan has louisville and syracuse.

dan is in the lead. >> by a hair. >> by a hair. dan will win this there is no way for us to come back. dan is going to win this. >> is that why he took the day off? >> might be. frankly, i am glad he is not here today. >> all right. just a little bit later, bok kusak from the hill and meredith shiner, as friends of bill. from roll call and how safe is the keystone pipeline going to be? maybe we found out over the weekend. >> this is the fult court press. >> here is what else is making news. we were just talking about the final four. we've got some good news/bad news, kevin ware sustained one

of the most grew semi gruesome injuries. the semifinal match-up will see sire siryracuse play michigan but yesterday it was about ware. it's confirmed a compound fracture is what he sustained. the picture was sent out by his team last night of him in the hospital bed holding their trophy. >> really? suffer. >> he is aware that they won. as he coach said, they were trying to win this for him. who were the final four. >> wichita state louisville. >> where did they come from? >> they have had a very good turn amount of. they are going to play louisville. it's going to be syracuse and michigan. >> i stayed up friday night to watch half half of the florida gulf state.

they are an exciting team. they moved out fast and ahead. over florida. i finally, went to bed. late for me. they were fun to watch. >> maybe some of that louisville magic spread to the women's team. they beat the baylor bears and the women ncaa tournament. baylor had a 32-game winning streak. their star player brittney griner played in her last college game. she retires as having more blocked shots than any other female basketball player, more rebounds than any other female basketball player and second all-time in scoring. >> woe. >> they will advance and play tennessee. >> louisville. show me the money. after taking some much deserved downtown, former secretary of state hillary clinton is ready to give her first paid speech

since stepping down, going to address the housing council in dallas, texas on april 24th. no monetary figure but if you can't be there you can see her give two speeches this month at vinyl voices global leadership awards and in new york city. both of those speeches are unpaid. she will be getting $500,000. >> you do one of those a week. you can probably get by. they call that romney money. >> all right. yes indeed on the environmental front, keystone pipeline. remember that. still being reviewed the state department. >> that's that mammoth pipeline from the tar sands of canada to the gulf coast of texas taking that heavy crude gunk.

right? 800,000 barrels a day across 10 states, but the oil in the street. nothing to worry about. today's technology is what they have been saying. they know what to do with pipelines now. there is no longer any danger about breaks with the day's technology, they know how to warm the oil or bury the pipeline or whatever. there is no environmental damage whatsoever. by congressman lee terri from nebraska, a republican who was asked to give the response to president obama's message of the week this week. for the keystone pipeline the experts have weighed in.

now, it's the time to build the keystone pipeline. no more delays. nor no more politics. if the president continues to drag his feet, congress is prepared to act. >> congress. so if the president doesn't approve it, we are going to force it through. they tried to force it through last year. remember? before the state department had completed it's -- they just wanted to take it out of the hands of the state department. no environmental review. who needs to check the environmental sequences of this. they tried and failed now they are pushing to do it. but their message got a little maybe smeared with oil this weekend. hum? if you don't think there is any danger to this big -- potential danger to the keystone pipeline main they ought to talk to the people of arkansas around mayflower arkansas where exxon mobile is still as we speak, scrambling to clean up the mess when their pegasus pipeline an

858 mile pipeline from anyhow to texas illinois to texas carrying, guess what canadian crude, that pipeline ruptured t they are not sure exactly how much yet, but 12,000 barrels of oil, minimum is what they are saying. on top of the fact that last week, exxon also was slapped with a $1.7 million fine for another oil spill that happened last year, a pipeline breaking spilling oil into the yellowstone river. just last week there was a train carrying guess what. canadian crude? a train carrying canadian crude that derailed in minnesota.

some 15,000 gallons of oil out of that oil spill, train derailment last year. exxon spilling last year into the yellowstone river. exxon's pipeline breaking this weekend, and all exxon can say is oh jeez. we're sorry. >> we are very sorry. this should not have happened. and we apologize for this. >> bill: don't you think maybe there is a lesson here? don't you think maybe we ought to take a look at this technology? doesn't it sort of say to me? they are blowing smoke that these pipelines are indeed dangerous? they are fragile? they are man-made? they can break. they can current tourrupture. you know, they can spill and then when they spill, it's huge damage to the environment as we have seen.

one, two, three times. damage spill in the last week. it should make us all think twice, three times, four times, about that keystone pipeline. certainly not to rush it. certainly not to force it through before the environmental review is done. but even then, i don't see how you can possibly say we are going to build this pipeline and there is no damage to the environment and is it really worth it to move that oil, that gunk again. it's hardly oil. hardly flows to move that from the tar sands of canada to the gulf coast of texas when as we know, any gasoline made from it is going to be shipped overseas. it won't be coming into u.s. markets. good argument. good powerful arguments, i think, this morning against the keystone pipeline. what do you say?

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>> radio meets television "the bill press show," now on current tv. >> here we go, 25 minutes after the hour on a monday morning, april 1st. talking keystone pipeline and it may be some second thoughts about the keystone pipeline not rushing into it after we saw this big oil spill carrying canadian crude. this was an 80,000 barrel per day pipeline. the 90,000. i'm sorry. the keystone pipeline is projected to be 800,000 barrels. so a day? imagine, you know, the magnitude of a spill from that pipeline. again, two factors that may make it also less likely that this is

going to be automatically approved. one is john kerry who has always been a critic is now the secretary of state who has the first responsibility to do this environmental review, make a recommendation to the president and, second, ed markey who is going to be the next senator from massachusetts taking john kerry's seat. he has been a staunch opposed of the pipeline. he said whether it's the proposed keystone pipeline or the massive arkansas, americans are realizing transporting large amounts of this corrosive and polluting fuel is a bad deal for american taxpayers and for the environment. peter? >> on twitter @bpshow. a friend in hr says glad to hear you are talking about this oil spill. keystone pipeline has planned to go through nebraska's primary acquite a fewac

aquifer. and perry reunion says exxon might clean up the spill but they would deduct it from the taxes so you me and the rest of the taxpayers pay the cost. >> good point. the cost of the clean-up will be a big tax break for them. out in albany oregon, don, good morning. >> happy april 1st. happy april fool's day. how are you doing? >> how about it. >> doing great myself. they are saying the environment be damned. if the the environment goes, we go with it. >> you got it. >> that's what they are saying don. appreciate hearing from you as always. here our roving ambassador checking in on the first big issue of the day arnold out in raleigh north carolina. >> how are you doing, brother? >> you probably go through that area? right? near may flower, arkansas? >> yeah. i have been there, through that area before.

>> that's a sad thing for that to happen. first, i want to say that when stevie lee answered the board and peter on the big board. >> way back. >> i am trying here. >> they love these issues, to grandstand and go on. you remember when george bush was talking weapons of mass destruction? going to pay for every dime of this war, still paying for that. >> that's all they shouted back in the day. we are going to pay with the war with this iraqi oil. >> i forget. paul. shoot. what was his name? wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense told congress this iraq war is not going to cost us a

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easter eg g role. downtown, capitol hill packed yesterday. and the -- not the reflecting area. what do they call that area where the cherry blossoms are?% the tidal basin. the cherry blossoms are not out. they are behind. >> it's been so cold here, you know, warm so early. i thought they were going to be out early. then it got cold again. arch. >> down here, they are nowhere near. i was looking over the weekend. anyhow, the people are here so the cherry blossoms the last i heard, they may be out by the end of the week. keep hope alive. get to see you today. 866-55-press, our toll-free number. so, some interesting events this

weekend around the republican party, and their finds remember the report a couple of weeks ago by rince pre-prebius. we are going to change and reach out to women and to african-americans and latinos and gay americans and show we are the big tent party. yeah? hasn't quite worked out that way. let's talk about their outreach to latinos. how about don young from republican congressman from slavshingz talked about when he was growing upalaska talked about when he was growing up. >> we used to hire 13 to 16 wetbacks. it takes two people to pick the same. we hired those wetbacks, man. those wetbacks don't deserve any rights. what are we talking about? immigration reform for those wetbacks?

he tried to give a quote, unquote apology which was basically it used to be okay to say that word. yes realize it wasn't okay any more. here is exactly what he said. this is supposedly the policy. during a sit-down interview, i used a term that was commonly used during my days growing up on the farm. i remember some terms used that i would not repeat today. no. hardly an excuse. at any rate, the "new york times" report okay that took a look at the representation, if you will, of minority groups particularly people of color in the united states congress in the house of representatives. okay? democrats democrats and republicans. here, you don't have to go beyond this to see -- to answer the question whether or not the republican is really a party that is a party that cares about

people who are not white-bread. >> among republicans, there are 44 african-american democrats. 44. guess how many african-american republicans? >> zero. >> among latinos, there are 24 hispanic democrats. republicans? there are five. asian americans, there are asian american democrats. republicans, zero. >> man. >> yeah. i don't have the numbers for women, but i am sure the numbers for women and for gays, forget about it. in fact, for gay americans, members of the lgb community

were thinking about joining the republican party, maybe they ought to think again after ben carson, suddenly he got two people now that everybody is saying this is the new hope for the republican party. marco rubio in florida who has done some other dumb things the last few days and this ben carson who is -- >> a pediatric neurosurgeon. >> that's pretty -- you've got to be kind of at least book smart to get to that level. >> yeah. a very skilled university in baltimore. african-american he is considered again, maybe the new bright light. he spoke at cpac. he was invited to speak at cpac. >> he gave a very good speech at cpac. a lot of people were saying this

is the guy the new phase of blacks on fox news he was on sean hannity the other day. he was asked about same-sex marriage. here is dr. carson. >> marriage is between a man and a woman. it's a well-established fundamental killpillar of society and no group be they gays be they namla, be they people who believe in beastiality, they don't get to change the definition. >> how backwards can you be? right? >> that's santorumesque. >> we used to theory rhetoric but he jumps right away from talking about gays some of the lgbt americans right away into nambla and into beastiality, man

on dog, there it is rick santorum and ben carson. a man who might as well be the chair of the republican national committee, cardinal timothy dolen from new york, he was on -- no. >> this week. >> with george instead of no stephanopolous yesterday morning and he was asked about the catholic church and its attitude toward gay americans and whether that might change and cardinal dolen, you can hear the con dessense in his voice where he is saying basically it's back to the oldention in his voice where he is saying, basically it's back to the old what i used to associate with southern baptists, we hate the sin but we love the sinner. cardinal dolen doesn't go much beyond that. >> we are not anti-anybody. we are in the defense of what god has taught us about marriage, that it's one man, one woman forever to bring about new

life. >> but we are not anti-anybody. the quote before that peter where he said insist? right? >> we ought to do better to see that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people. i admit we haven't been too good at that. glenn. >> they et went on to say gays deserve our friendship. yeah. they deserve our friendship but they are not allowed -- they are not allowed to receive the sacraments. they are not allowed, of course to get married, and they are not allowed even to have sex. right? so yeah, gaze deserve our friendship as long as they are sell bat, don't touch another gay person and they can come to church, but they can't have the sacraments. they are treating them like second-class citizenship across the board whether it's a racial minority, person of color or

sexual orientation minority, neither the republican party nor the catholic church have made much progress. >> let me ask you a question because you know more about the catholic church than most people i know. what is it going to take for the catholic church to sort of change on this issue? is it a matter that all of the people in charge of the catholic church are old white men so as the generation changes so will their views on it? >> i think it will probably take the day when there are the day when there are some gay priests. oh yeah. we are already there. aren't we? >> screaming. >> that didn't change anything. it's going to take a pope, i think, who really knows what the gospels are all about and really knows that jesus loves all of us and that our sexual orientation is not numero uno and that jesus loves gays and lesbian s as well

as he loves all of the rest of us. maybe some day we will get a pope who will recognize that and preach that gospel. when we come back susan page washington bureau chief for u.s.a. today on what's happening with congress and down at the whitehouse. [ music ] >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current.

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show." >> hey, it's monday morning, the first day of april, 2013. good to see you today. thank you for joining us. congress still out on one more week of recess but there is a -- there is work going on, talks going on these two major issues, on immigration reform and gun control and a lot of talk these days about marriage equality. most of it surrounding the supreme court, two days of hearings last week. on all of those issues, we wanted to check in with our good friend, washington bureau chief for u.s.a. today susan page joining us on our news line this morning. you are up early. >> you are always up early. >> i know. don't remind me. when that alabama goes off at 4:00 a.m. -- -- -- when that alarm goes off at 4:00 a.m., it's never easy. this gang of 8, gang of six or eight or 4 or whatever the senate -- looks like the gang of

8 is getting closer here on immigration reform. is that correct? >> that's whatever we hear from one prominent member of that gang is saying hold on a minute. not so fast. certainly, we are hearing from lindsey graham and others that they are close to a deal, that they worked out some of the big issues like wages for those low-skilled farm workers going to be part of the yougration plan. so, it sounds like they are making progress. >> the guest worker part which was the sneakiest part of the whole deal from what i understand, that it, the afl-cio and the chamber of commerce have been working and actually reached an agreement last week, which was probably what the gang of 8 needed to move forward. right? >> yes. >> that's an important provision that has -- that made immigration reform one of the things stumbling blocks to get over the last time around i would say i think it's going to be a question of a path to legal

status or a path to citizenship. i realize that the gang of 8 is on agreement, it seems as though they are on agreement on providing passes for people who are here illegally now. that may be the final issue that gets worked out before a deal can actually get through congress. >> right. depending upon how many conditions are or, you know what exact requirements they will put on that path to citizenship is what they have though work through. you mentioned, senator marco rubio, who yesterday while chuck schumer and lindsey graham are on the tube saying we are close to a deal, we are really excited and marco rubio sort of put a wet blanket over everything? right? issues his own statement out of miami saying as you pointed, not so fast, you know we've still got a long way to go. what was that about? was rubio trying to say, it's me, me, me me? or what? >> rubio is maybe the most important member of that gang of

8 because he gets some real entrye into the conservative part of the republican party, you know, he is a member who is well respected and has real ties to the tea party. conservatives in the house. >> and only latino in the group? >> exactly. so he is an important member of that group. the post has a story on page 1 this morning about the tightrope he is walking between the conservative republicans that he has good relations with people like rush limbaugh and the people that he does have -- has come out and said this is something the party needs to do the country needs to do. he may be in a trick year position than the other member of that gang. >> he has his eye on 2016ier position than the other member of that gang. >> he has his eye on 2016. >> there was a day when republicans were could i about running for president. now, they are open. >> bill: i don't think you could call marco rubio or rand

paul could i. >> -- coy. >> you ask a question, they more or less answer it. >> bill: they do. the jockeying between the two of them, i think, is fun to watch. isn't it? >> the different visions they have for what the republican party is going to stand for are pretty distinction. i mean, they offer pretty different strands of republicanism. >> their speeches at cpac are diametrically opposed. saying it's moss-covered and we have to change it and marco rubio saying we don't need any new ideas. we just have to sell the old ideas better. hopefully ol immigration control room. gun control not so much. would you agree? >> i agree. i always thought gun control was going to be a very hard sell. it's not a hard sell with the american public. we know the big majorities of

the party would expand background checks, but you get it through congress, we need it was going to be tough. it's still alive and still possible they would do a bill that includes banning straw purchases, background checks something not more than that. we know the politics, you know, the shocking thing is not that it is going to be impossible to be the assault weapons ban through. the shocking thing is it's not shocking. right. front page story we saw on the "new york times" this morning about harry reid. harry reid has gone from the begun ho nra supporter recognizing he has a responsibility to get a common sense, reasonable measure through the senate. and he's determined to do that at least to get a vote up or

down. >> when president obama talked about this issue in his state of the union, he did not call for passage of legislation although he called for a vote. it deserves a vote is what he said over and over again. >> last week, a veto. >> right. so harry reid. >> finally, geoff blake told us yesterday and i i don't know who said it last weekjeff blake told us yesterday and i i don't know who said it last week we would see a republican president for candidate who would be proceed same-sex marriage. karl rove said that. >> that's right. >> you know, rince prebius said it was hypothetical. couldn't look into the future. >> you know, if the trends in this country the way they are,

70% of voters support same-sex marriage. there was a story this morning about conservatives social conservatives, at least on that issue, susan thank you so much for your time this morning. >> good to talk to you. >> great to see you, too. susan page washington bureau chief for u.s.a. today. this is. >> this is "the bill press show."

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april, 2013. welcome to the "full-court press" here on current tv and on your local progressive talk radio station, a good monday morning. i hope you had a nice weekend. we certainly did. a big day in washington today because it's the annual easter egg role. the easter bunny a day late at the whitehouse. we have it covered around the country and globe give you a chance to weigh in. give us a call at 866-55-press, our toll-free number. join us on twitter @bp show or on facebook at facebook.com/bill press show. we are excited congress for role-call, meredith shiner. meredith, nice to see you. >> i cover congress and the easter bunny.

>> a day late. 1903 was the first one. >> also, i heard you say earlier that the press briefing was during the easter egg role. >> that's so lame. >> i was there last year. i figured this was going to be like impossible if you are in the briefing room, maybe a little strange music but you couldn't tell if you walked through the door 30,000 people. >> have you taken the grandkids to the easter egg roll before? >> yeah. >> when you are in the briefing room and you here the jonas brothers performing you know it's on. so peter ogburn, dan henning has the day off. cyprian has the video cam and stevie lee web on cameras. so if you are sick, meredith,

already, of april fool's, it's okay. >> way too early for me. >> don't even want to hear what google announced on their website. >> all right. >> google knows. >> the inside of an egyptian tomb knows. >> google knows. >> google knows. >> i thought that's what google wanted. i thought the nose would imply, nose. >> you smell. >> awesome. newsroom being hacked as well. >> after 8 million years, it is time to review everything. and begin the process of selecting a winner. >> shutting youtube down and going to go through everybody for the last eight years.

>> if you wanted to choose a winner, you had one. >> are you kidding? i wouldn't know where to start. would you? >> no i have a favorite but there are so many. i remember, you know, the ads in "the new york times" where they are yuppy saying, you know, the travel section, the new york post parodied this. it was hilarious. there was a lot of stuff there. peter, they fixed my ipad not so long ago so i could watch netflix. >> all right. house of cards. >> what do you think of it? >> i love it . >> all right. >> kevin spacey is phenomenal. >> i will be curious to see what you think.

i was thinking everybody was talking about it. this is one of those things i feel like a bunch of dudes who work in washington got into a room and worked out their washington vanities and then made a show. that show is "house of cards". >> you have to admit the dialogue is just brilliant, i think. >> yeah. >> it moves so fast. >> it's like it got to be a little much for me but i have watched a lot of television for work. so trough. >> it's a very good show. >> i love kevin spacey. >> it's like ferris buehler grew up and created frank underwood. this is how washington washington is, it's like i understand the process guys. i am making it.

a lot to cover here today. meredith shiner with us the entire hour, bok kusak in the 8:00 o'clock hour. and james conner will join mer dict and me to talk economics and the dow and s & p and the economy but first. this is the full court press. >> headlines for the day, yes, indeed sorry to have to do a news story in front of you? >> that's okay. i like people who work it out. i have oftentimes, so go for it. >> last night t kevin ware the final 4, the final match-up we will see syracuse playing michigan like i said the story was all about kevin ware. he suffered a compound fracture by trying to block the shot of a duke player. it was a close game until the

end when louisville was turning away so they are in the final 4. >> i don't want to talk about it but at least i have my degree and i am not wearing a cap today. >> wow. i am not a hater. i am not a duke hater. shrapnel for that. burning love a face transplant for dallas wiems married a burn victim. the dallas morning news reported a story, wiems was the first full-face trans plate and the bride, jane nash was burned over sent percent of her body. she speaks at schools and churches about the perils of texting while driving. >> wonder how they met? in the burn unit or something? >> yeah. ned that in common.

and a long life's secret is booze. happy birthday to nancy lamparady, she turned 101 years old. she lives in statin island. she is an immigrant and she credits her longevity to lots of alcohol. her morning begins at 5:00 a.m. coffee, makes her bed and at luncheon she has two glasses of wine and glasses of southern comfort with bitter and then cans of budweiser after dinner. by 10:00 o'clock, she is in bed. >> i bet. >> all right. my grandmother, god bless her soul, lived to the age of 103, and she drank budweiser and smoked camel cigarettes until the day she died. >> there you go. >> longevity. >> okay. >> sex and booze. come on. >> i am not even going to

comment. >> meredith shiner joins us here. >> i'm sorry. cigarettes the secret to being here? >> identify, we hear from some members, most members of the so-called gang of 8. >> funny how they are on television. nobody. >> nobody more than chuck schumer. we are not there yet, but getting close. >> it's not a done deal. we have to draft legislation. what's your read on it? >> i don't think i can. i feel a little gunshy that it's

going to get it done in 2007 when ted kennedy was negotiating it but i remain hopeful. >> in 2007, republicans did not feel the need to reach out to the latino community. today they do because they got their ass whipped. >> i think that's fair but there is a strong word but there is a certainly a tension within the republican party. it depends upon the nature of the deal and what they decide. everyone talks about -- it's actually on laborwatch about whether or not something that was said by don young when he used that racial slur was indicative of the larger problem the republicans have. sure, but i don't think that -- i think the republican position matters more than anything. they are going to have to decide where they are going to fall on that. and i don't know that i would

entirely agree with that. you saw a lot of the pushback yesterday, the first show, seriously like hey, we don't have a deal yet. obviously t the deal between blocking any deal to pass and they worked it out this time. [not my understanding on the pathway of citizenship looks and how that works. when you look at the t negotiation happening now it's where you will have an agreement that's the most difficult. it seems like there is a lot of

progress there is a there. but those last few steps are the hardest. >> you mentioned marco rubio. two of the gang of 8 on television yesterday, on the sunday shows, marco rubio who is rubio try dog here? play to the tea party? >> everything not just mark 0 rubio. chuck shoechumer has a strategy, talking with trumpka on friday night, it was pretty obvious who wanted that story to get out, i think, from my perspective. everyone has their strategy and their role to play. maybe it's the sort of thing where marco rubio has to push

back initially just to say that he did. i don't know. his pushback wasn't that strong. he said we are not done yet which by the way doesn't really -- it's not in conflict with what the other people said but because we as the media get so good at blowing things a little bit more out of proportion than it should be i think maybe he was trying to tamper expectations or just, i don't know, put himself out there in a position that made it seem like maybe he's playing the roll role he's supposed to >> bill: 866-55-press. are republicans going to come on board the way some of them say we have to after losing 71 to 27, the latino vote last november. on one other issue, it must have been fun around the capital last

week to watch senators falling all over each other, one, rob portman but democrats. it's sort of like democrats sort of feel if they are not on board today, they are out of it. kay hagan who is up a cycle in a state that is redder than blue but a little purple, mark warner not from an entirely blue stage. >> these are senators who used to be against and now are for? >> yeah. not to be cynical about it but i am playing that role. it's monday morning. i feel like it's natural. >> speak up? >> there is a little bit of money involved i think when you come out in favor of gay marriage which could be important if you are in cycle, but for example, hagan -- >> it has been considered a poison pill. >> in fairness when amendment was being voted on north carolina, kay hagan cut a video

come out against it. she didn't say explicitly that she supported same-sex marriage but she opposed the amendment and the implications of that were she was supportive for civil unions for gay people. in the case of north carolina she was supportive for civil unions for straight people because the laws were draconian, that it was going to get rid of civilun unions for everybody. it has been interesting. i didn't realize hillary clinton didn't come out for gay marriage until she did last week or whenever that was. the most interesting thing about this entire gay marriage conversation to me actually was the democratic backlash towards rob portman when he came out and announced his favor ability for it. i heard a lot of democrats were, like, why didn't it take your son? why didn't you want to support it on principle, to which, i asked, whose principles? right? everyone's opinions are formed by who they know and had a they know. i think that that's why in

general there is so much movement on gay marriage. people used to not be out. people didn't know gay people or see them on television like when ellen came out on t.v., it was this huge deal now you can't flip a channel without seeing a show that doesn't have a gay character. >> they are more aware of family members. meredith shiner coming for congress for roll call. she is here as a friend of bill this hour. your calls about immigration or the same-sex marriage issue we haven't gotten to the gun safety issue yet. >> congress coming to it either. we will be right back. >> this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and

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>> this is "the bill press show." >> bill: here we go 27 minutes after the hour the full court press, in the next segment, we talk the economy and jobs and markets and all of that good stuff. meredith shiner here as a friend of bill this morning from roll call. meredith, forget the issues now. i have been saving this article. >> okay >> bill: i want to ask you about. it was an article recently in the -- >> "new republic" >> bill: the headline is "house of fur." a take off on "house of cards," in this woman reporter is talking about one of the problems is that they are always

hit on by staffers and male senators and members of congress. is that a problem. >> i have never bet hit on by a member of congress >> bill: really? >> true. i think that, look, being young and female is an occupational hazard of any occupation whether you are a reporter or not and, you know, a lot of people ask me about this story. so the contact is there is a young female character in-house of cards whenich gives all female reporters probably a bad name which is whatever, it is what it is but i think you are always going to have to deal with certain comments either to go probably behind my back, i don't want to know. in my experience staffers have treated me with a pretty high level of respect because in general, people who work in politics are fearful of messing up. male reporters are much worse. >> much worse than the male staffers? that will be the next article written about this.

all right. i had to ask about it? >> of course >> bill: back we will join stan kolander. >> this is "the bill press show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us.

>> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour. april fool's. you thought we didn't know the show was going on. yes, we did. >> every screw-up we make today you just cover by saying "april fool's". >> it is the full court press. i knew that. on a monday morning, april 1st. good to see you today. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol and we are loaded, loaded loaded with

great guests and stuff to talk b this morning. >> you don't have to say anything. >> turn it over. meredith shiner is here as a friend of bill the entire hour from roll call. she covers congress for roll call and stan collender, our good friend from corporate communications. >> i am not a friend of bill? >> you are. there is a one-hour friends of bill and a half hour. >> got it. >> like on the old ton ite show haven't made it to the couch >>. >> i think i can have an engaging conversation with a wall and you could sit me in the chair and i could fill time. >> thank you because it was almost this exact hour on what was it? thursday, thursday morning, when the lights went out. >> right. i was worried we see each other

so i brought a flashlight. >> industrial-strength flashlight. appreciate that >> bill: because what we had to depend upon last week was the flashlight on the iphone. we bring stan in when there is important economic information to talk about. the s & p and the dow last week both hitting a record high and beating the 2007 levels. are we out of the woods? >> let's go home. i don't have it talk about anything. first of all, let's state the very good news: that is since barracks obama has been in office the stockmarket has doubled, more than doubled from the dow from the slow point. >> that's significant. you don't hear that much? >> now for a lot of people, they are basing it not on where it is now but where they expected it to be several years

ago and it's obviously still below because they were carrying 20% growth in the stockmarket. investors are feeling good about putting some money into the stockmarket: corporations are making a hell of -- i have to catch myself on how i describe this but corporations are making a hell of a lot of money. corporate levels are all-time levels and sitting on ridiculous amounts of cash. >> that's good and bad. the good news is they are making a lot of money. the bad news is they aren't sharing it with their employees and, in fact at the same time, the corporate profits are at record high levels. regular family encloses are flat to slightly up. you have a lot of things going on here. >> that's why you see a lot of investors demanding cash back from some of the companies they have invested in. >> the s & p is more meaningful than the dow? is that correct? because it covers more companies? >> right. the dow is just a handful of

companies compared to the s and p 500, 500 companies. they are looking at a broader swarth of the american economy. >> it means they are not expanding, hiring? >> right. >> are they doing? why aren't they expanding? >> what business is all about. you have got to keep growing or else you die? >> >> in theory, yes, but corporations are designed now to make profits. make profits for their owners the stockholders. so you've got a couple of things going on. one, if they can make more money right now by reinvesting their own money, even if they put it in bonds 1% a year, it's riskless. right? >> number 1. no. 2, the corporation, itself, will tell you until they see significant consumer demand, they are not going to expand that. they will do they will do things more e efficiently, wringing more work out of their employees. at another time another era

that would have been called abusing their employees. right? >> i wonder meredith what impact what's happening or not happening in congress, this constant crisis to crisis to crisis, has. >> i think that the financial and business community has been largely ignored. when you look at all of these congress has brought. the debt ceiling there was pressure from the business community to get rid of this, like, idea that every six months we were going to be talking about potentially putting our nation into default. so, it seems like congress has been tone-deaf to that sort of call. >> just a little bit not too much. >> yeah. >> the last time the republicans looked like they were going down that road, that is not so much necessarily default but something else but they got a lot of pushback from wall street and corporate america that they

typically pay attention to that said don't make this into an issue. they punted on it. they did that ridiculous thing instead of voting for an increase, they voted to ignore it which the democrats, if they would have done, they would have been pilloried for. but, i think the bigger point of what you are making is exactly right, which is if we are expecting any kind of stimulus coming out of washington giving what meredith covers and talks about every day, it's not going to happen any time soon. >> bill: this word "uncertainty." there is uncertainty in the business community? >> but more significantly, if you are talking about corporate profits not in line with what the average american is feeling, in a lot of ways, you know sequestration happened which is government spending that affects real people. there is a difference between

the kind of money these companies are making and the average american alonglooking for employment is making and there is a disconnect between the growth of the job market and job growth and't addressing or do not have to address until they are faced with it at the ballot box. >> it's an interesting situation because how many times did we talk during the election about the stockmarket being a bar barometer barometer? at the moment, it's not a barom ter for anything. meredith said the stockmarket is going up and public opinion about the economy is not good. the stockmarket is booming. >> jobs are still not good. >> right. >> the effect of the policy is aust tearty. we have cut trillions of dollars in funding over the past few years as opposed to what most economics agree you should do which is increase spending in the short-term to boost economic

growth and touch on long-term deficit reduction and structural reform. >> no one seems to recognize or very few people we have been in austerity mode for several years, a deficit of did 1.4 trillion to what the budget office things will be 180. >> that's a $600 billion reduction in economic provided provided by the federal government and corporations aren't spending, consumers aren't spending state and local governments aren't spending and trade isn't helping at all. so that's why the job situation, and i mean so you can be happy about the stockmarket but the policy response is zero. >> it will be interesting, too if you looked back at the news stories from the summer of twooefb when they were debating the public or the budget control act because if you work for a foreign news wire and they referred to it as austerity mezof yours and i don't know if you saw that in "the new york times," in the washington post in major u.s. news.

>> i was writing for roll call and i didn't see it. >> i am going to ask you stan so what impact? the stories today about the airline industry the warnings ray lahood issued about the sequestration, on the airline industry hasn't happened yet. >> not yet. >> so what impact on this do you think the sequestration will have? we have to see, i guess. >> first of all, there are two things. first of all, it's only been in effect for about a month. >> and it hasn't really kicked in yet. >> that's the key thing. we are about two weeks away from the furloughs and the layoffs starting. what's that happens, they have started to reduce some overtime and you have started to see some air traffic controllers and others.

some of the tsa agent did, for example, not being able to work overtime. >> they have gone out sglrts. >> right. somewhere around april 15th, the ides of april, you are going to see a change in the way government services are provided. it will take you longer to get through security people will be delayed going across country. it will be frustrating for a lot of people we have seen some impacts, some of the smaller airports around the country have had their towers shut down. >> a 20% pay culture those who will be furloughed and departments are not spending as much. they are not kicking in new job projects or whatever. is that going to have an adverse impact on consumer demand? >> no. it has to. and it's going to have an adverse effect on gross domestic product. the office has estimated gdp will be down about 1.4% because

of the sequester. not just the 85 billion. it's the multiplier when a defense contractor plant shuts down for the evening, it means the coffee shop lays off somebody or closes early and there is an impact there. so always 1.4, the president of the new york federal reserve bank said minus 1.7. that is compared to what it would otherwise be. so there is nothing else you can call it but austerity. >> we will take a break. meredith, we will talk about this on the other side. at some point, it seems to me that that bad news is going to come back and bite the republicans in the ass who let the sequester go forward saying, this is good for the country. meredith shiner from roll call stan collender here, who has his own blog capital gains and games.com? >> correct this time. >> all right. and it's the "full-court press." >> no april fool's moment there. >> no. your call is welcome at

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>> roll call first. >> that's ecumenical. >> stan collender here and we are talking all things economy hear this half hour. we have been told at the press room, giving a date b the president is going to send his budget. >> the 10th. >> obama's america. >> the easter bunny is a day late. the budget is several months late. what does it all mean? i want to ask you both. >> almost nothing there. we will let meredith talk about this but typically what's happened with the obama budget is almost every budget sent to the hill for a couple of decades is that congress declares it dead on life. >> that's -- dead on arrival.

they would have declared it on arrival. this is pretty much a non-event. >> most budgets are a non-event. the senate democratic budget. they are never going to reconcile the two budgets. even if they did, none has the 40s of law that funds things. it's mostlay symbolic document outlining your view for how our budget should be set and how you view economic growth and long-term deficit reduction. all of those things are true but it was like when they had all of these budget votes until 5,000 in the morning. likely why are we doing this, depressed? why are we staying all of these hours when it's just a futile exercise in delaying the inevitable. >> i have to tell you, one thing the president's budget will do is provide some details that

will be useful to congress when they start considering the bills if they start considering the bills. other than that, every president's budget is part accounting document and part political statement. this will be more political statement. >> i am glad to know that. >> just call me. i can answer your questions. >> okay. comes out next week. you said something earlier stan i want to come back to where the -- some of the -- let me start this, ask the question: is the deficit our number 1 problem that we face right now? >> no. of course not. the way -- let me -- >> to hear some people talk it is. we can't do anything. it's this huge deficit hanging over us. >> okay. i am not sure i can characterize that in a way that's allowed to go out over the air but that's economic nonsense is the polite way of saying that. in the short terp, the deficit to the right at fiscal policy to have, we talked about this a second ago, none of the other inputs of gdp are spending any

money. right? not creating any activity. so at this point, the government running a deficit is exact the right thing that you would be running it in my slew a bigger deficit. it is a longer term issue. 2017 and 2020 and beyond. if you want to talk about deficit reduction but anything short-term is hurting rather than helping losing not creating jobs. >> the deficit has been going down? >> yeah. this year, it's going to be at least $600,000,000,000 less, less than it would otherwise be. >> because of the sequester? >> no. the sequester is one. because of the tax increases we put in place because of the budget control act and the 1.2 trillion that was, you know, that would be started there. but compared to 1.4 trillion a few years ago, it's going to be about 800 billion this year. half of that is cyclical, a result of economic -- the economy not performing terribly well. if it was performing well and

the unemployment was a bit lower, the deficit would be about $400,000,000,000, that's the structural problem right now. >> that's the point at which every sxhift will tell you don't worry about that mucheconomist will tell you don't worry about that much. >> i am sure you he republicans say we can't do anything because our deficit is so big. >>. >> they are starting to change a little bit on that. wasn't it john boehner who was on the sunday show a few weeks ago and was asked about this and basically said what everyone had been thinking was that it's not as significant of a deal as it has been or at least they were making it. >> when the president, a couple of weeks ago said he cared less about balancing the budget and outgrowing the economy, boehner ripped the president a new one. >> of course they did. it's funny, too, because i remember in 2008 and 2009, when democrats controlled the house, the senate and the white house, all you heard coming out of republicans was jobs, jobs jobs. where are the jobs? they traded that for this debt

and deficit argument and it just -- it didn't work in 2012, and as they are rethinking how they are going to approach the 2014 election, i wonder how their messaging will evolve. >> we haven't seen any change. with that, we are -- we had reached the end of the road. stan collender, thank you for coming. >> it was a pleasew. >> meredith, good to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> happy april fools day to the both of you the rest of the day. >> more than importantly opening day for most baseball teams in america. let's be honest. >> go nats. >> good luck with that. >> this is "the bill press show."

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around the globe and give you a chance to sound off and let us know what you -- what the stories of the day mean to you and to your family. give us a call at 866-55-press. join us on twitter @bpshow. send us comments on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. this monday morning, please welcome back here as a guest and a friend of bill for the entire hour managing editor the hill bob cusack. did i get your title accurately? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i should know it by heart now? >> it's been a i while. : i was going for a 3 feed and i got zero. i was very happy. >> you have none left in your final 4? >> no. i picked louisville.

>> yeah. >> i thought i had pretty good picks until idea when florida went down to michigan? >> yeah. the weekend's games were actually kind of weak other than the kansas/michigan game. >> that was -- that game was incredible. >> yeah. >> and sur cuessyracuse in terms of the team presstion it's all but over. dan is going to win this. he has syracuse in the final 4 and louisville in the final 4. all of us had louisville winning. the only team we had left standing was louisville. dan won and, you know what? i am glad dan is not here

opening day for the nats. in his bright red. it was opening day yesterday for a couple of teams. astro did played the rangers with a draw attic 3-run homerun here deep to right field. throws it back at the wall. see you later. a 3-run homerun for the astro's half of their league, 7 to 2. >> good to be back in baseball season. are you going to the game?

>> no. i am a mets fan. it will be a long year. high expectations for the nationals, especially after last year. i think they are stacked. >> they made the playoffs last year and the sports illustrated has tapped them for going all. bosh is -- bob is here talking sports and we will be here with kevin lincoln, the deputy sports editor. bon, we will -- bob, we will get into the news day but first. >> this is the full court press. >> some other stories making news. we just talked about the ncaa tournament. we have good news/bad news for louisville. the bad news is their guard, kevin ware sustained one of the most gruesome injuries in the history of sports in their win against duke. the good news is they are going to the final 4.

louisville rallied around their fallen player. the other semifinal match-up will see syracuse play michigan but it was all about kevin ware yesterday. he suffered a compound fracture while trying to block the shot of a duke player but maybe some of that magic spread to louieville's women's basketball team because they defeated baylor last night in their semifinal game. they are going to advance to play tennessee. baylor leading up to that game had a 32-game winning streak. lee uville broke last night. >> that louisville/duke game was an emotional rollercoaster. >> players and patino in tears. >> it was rough. >> players and fans. players of both fans. it was really hard. >> yeah. >> i am surprised they could go on with the play. >> yeah. they certainly rallied. >> there was one player during that, when all of the other players ran away from the bench or sort of collapsed on the floor in shock there was one

player, and i forgot who it was but he ran over next to kevin ware and started stayed with him until they got the support team out there to get him off of the court but everybody else basically was horrified. >> show me the money, after taking some much deserved downtinetime hillary clinton is reportedly ready to give her first paid speech since stepping down the she would address the national dallas council on april 24th. you can see clinton give two speeches this month at the vital voices global schluetership schwarz and women in the world summit in new york. both of those speeches are unpaid unpaid. so, i don't know how much money she will be making. that has not been released. i am sure it will be... >> i put out the word to my speaker's bureau if they can't get hillary, i would speak at half the price. not a bad deal. very generous. >> a deadly accident yesterday,

a major hold on traffic familieshold for families travelling it. fog swept the mountainous region of highway 77 right there near the north carolina and virginia border. 95 cars were involved in this crash. police officers saying 17 separate accidents, three passengers were killed and 25 were injured. police eventually haul to close down the whole stretch of highway and waited until 9:00 o'clock last night to reopen it. >> yeah. it was brutal, man. there were tractor trailers and buses and vans and cars and all over the place. >> 95. >> 95 vehicles involved. >> all right, sir. so much going on so many different fronts. before we get to the issues of the day, for those of you who have covered congress, it looks like you are going to soon be welcoming back mark stanford.

>> yeah. >> in south carolina. he's going to win the republican primary in that state. he liz beth colbert bush. he is favored to win that. we will see. it's going to be an expensive race and she has financial support from democrats. >> republicans don't like talking about this. it's uncomfortable for them to have him back in congress. it looks like he probably will be back. >> they didn't exactly welcome him back. >> he is not getting a lot of financial support from washingtons republicans in washington. >> what do republicans think about that you have talked to, because this often, this

disconnect between the national schmidt, either the democratic national committee or the republican national committee and republicans or democrats in congress what do republicans thing about this rince prebius report saying we screwed up in november, last november, and we've got to change our ways if we are ever going to get back? >> i thought for prebius, it was a gutsy move. he was at the rnc during this time. so, you know, that's something where some republicans are saying, wait a minute you were did he helm of the committee. why didn't you do that then? >> he wasn't chair but something like that. >>tition trying to remove. immigration reform is going to be a bumpy road especially in the republican party. it divides them. it did i havized democrats but republicans more so. i think that's going to be the hardest thing for republicans to embrace and being accepting.

>> that's saying we want tobac septembering and this gay marriage issue has kind of exploded especially with the supreme court weighing this and republicans have struggled to deal with that. so where do they go from here and jeff lake yesterday said he could see a republican presidential candidate embracing gay marriage. i don't think that's going to be anytime soon at least for the nominee. >> right so it in terms of starting with back to immigration reform, in terms of outreach and one of the things that prebius said romney lost the latino vote 71 to 27 to barack obama. we have to show we are interested in the latino community, reaching out to them. then you had congressman don young from alaska last week on public radio up in cachekan talk about when he was a boy. >> i used to -- my father had a ranch. we used to hire 50 to 60

wetbacks and pick tomatoes. it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes done. it's all by machine. he was asked for an apology and said i used a term when i used to hear about. >> no disrespect. and then speaker boehner saying he should apologize. boehner thought young had not apologized. he hadn't. young had to really apologize. so complete fumble. there is history between don young and john boehner. young has gotten into some ethical problems before, been investigated. he obviously was the author of the bridge to no where earmark. boehner was not a fan of that this is a terrible time of course for republicans. they can't keep -- they keep doing and saying these things. obama care is supported by a lot of hispanics. by a 2 to 1 margin. the family foundation. so if you are going to repeal obama care, you have to deal with, well hispanics like obama

carenow. that has turned around over the last couple of years. >> do you think that -- there was word that the so-called gang of 8 in the senate is closed to a deal on immigration reform do you think this imperative of how poorly they did last november will translate into meaningful immigration reform? >> i think the party leaders are slowly trying to move the republican party to embrace some type of path toopath to citizenship but i don't think they have much an incentive on guns but on immigration, they do. i think they will have a bill. and move through the judiciary schmidt. there is also a house group working, a beep group working on it. so i think that the gall has to start moving quickly.

you have a lot of egos involved presidential aspirations with marco luberubio. so the billing is going to be amended. i think it's some bill will pass, but i also thing it's going to be a rocky road and there would be some times you will think this is in trouble. >> marco rubio? for or against it? we get mixed signals. >> he said we don't have a deal yet. the deals are premature. i think he has to be also moving slowly but eventually the other question is: what's this bill going to be called? i mean you know, ityou had mccain-kennedy. the rubio bill? because, you know, if it's a bad bill or history deems it a bad bill like the 1986 bill maybe you don't want your name on it. so, you know, there is a long way to go. we will see the details of it. s some details like how much is the penalty going to be?

how much of back taxes will you have to pay? we are talking about a group of people that don't have a lot of money. so... >> i can't believe democrats would allow it to be called rubio anything. former senator chris dodd at a program here on capitol hill he was asked about the dodd-frank legislation and the first thing he said was, i wished they hadn't named it that. >> why did he say that? >> it's because, you know, he things it gets in the way of dealing with the bill, itself as it becomes more do you like chris dodd but he doesn't want that on his tombstone. >> 20 minutes after the hour bob cue sack managing editor of the hi the hill.com here on the "full-court press." we are taking a look at the issues facing this congress. they will come back to work one

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your calls welcome at 866-55-press. i have never seen anything like this before. the issue of marriage equality goes up in front of the supreme court. >> uh-huh. >> not the congress. but members of congress were tripping all over each other, particularly democrats to get on board before the argument. >> yeah. >> there was no legislation? >> yeah. that's right. >> some don't want doma overturned. they don't want to give the supreme court an out to say legislation is moving. so we don't need to get involved. they will probably punt on that and it will become an issue

whether it moves or not. >> rob portman is the only republican who has issued his but democrats, mark warner claire mccaskill, kay hagan, richard blumen thole and i am sure i am forgetting a couple who had been for civil unions but anti-actual same-sex marriage. is this the issue now where if you are not on the right side. >> north carolina is not exactly new york. kay hagan, and she is up in 2014. this is something where the politicians are reading the political winds and grappling with this. it wasn't that long where joe biden basically forced obama to come out and say we need to

evolve on this. >> do you think congress will act? >> i think the supreme court punts on this. i think there is so much momentum. if you are a gay rights act visit visit,. the question for rob portman, is he going to sign on to that bill? how far will he go with his new position? john boehner is supporting the defense of marriage act. >> john boehner and eric cantor and jeff blake saying over the weekend. >> less than 10 years after george bush got re-elected. >> when we come back buzz feed

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and there were only two things to do, easter and basketball. >> that's right. >> that's just about all there was to it. and we did not intend this to be a dump-on-duke day, bob i want you to know but it happens our guest is a friend of bill and the last hour is meredith shiner who went to duke. she was in mourning. our guest at this moment is kevin lincoln, who is the deputy sports editor of buzzfeed who also went to duke and is in mourning this morning. kevin. >> good morning. >> very sorry? >> it was tough then. tough now. it makes me feel sad. >> when did they become like the yankees? you either love them or hate

them. as a nation, you know i think the it crystallized, you know you know, it was how they couldn't say no. >> couldn't say no. well, the game yesterday was a horrific accident for kevin ware. i was amazed players of either team could go back and continue that game. >> the reaction from the players, i have never seen

anything like that. most of them dropped to the ground. thornton looked back and looking at his face. at that point, he was like, what happened? >> that was an error. he hadn't seen it happen. he just hit the shot and as the camera got a look on his face, you know the moment he sees what just happened. it's awful the. >> yeah. >> like the joe thighs. heisman's injury where basically the bone came out. >> it was because on that one of the most amazing things, i

mean in a terrible way. >> let me ask you this: can you come back from an injury like that and play basketball on the level that he was playing? >> you can, but it's no -- it's no guarantee. his rehab will probably be, you know, as much as a year. for a freshman t the coach at louisville who is awesome, he was crying. >> that isn't seen a lot. >> and i mean he is as cagey of a coach as there is in the ncaa, you know. he was broken up. and in interviewing him, he compared it to michael busch, a

louisville running back who sustained a broken leg. michael bush is not a friend of the nfl. he was a good player with a good career. fortunately, there are no guarantees. it could end his career but there is the possibility he will return to playing basketball at duke at one level. >> so we are down to michigan, louisville, wichita state and syracuse.

right? >> michigan. >> michigan was red hot over the weekend. >> in their last game michigan started to look and scoring ball. michigan's offensive now. between troy burk who is saying like around the country, all right. he hit six 3-pointers again. they looked great. it was not close. >> yeah. >> he got away with it. >> it shows, everybody talks about regular season and records and things like that. it matters some but it's really how you finish. the last five, i guess, the last

three halves of basketball that michigan played have been really insane. >> right. >> the kansas game was unreal. >> it was incredible. i mean there is something about, you know it's one that's going to be a decider if it really -- if teams get hot, a team is going to run in the final 4, louisville and michigan are definitely favorites at this point. but at the same time syracuse as they have shown, 39, you can't make a game that ugly because -- >> right. talking with kevin lincoln, the sports editor for buzzfeed buzzfeed.com, don kusack in the

studio with us. moving on, it is opening day today. well two teams played yesterday but otherwise, for most teams, including right here in washington, d.c. our nats against the marlins today. excited. turn the corner? >> i think it will be a great season for the nats. but now they have huge expectations and you have to stay healthy but this year unlike last year they will have hopefully a whole year and post-season. but they are going to be a force, i think in the nl east and a lot of people have them going. >> was the sports illustrated cover last week showing them winning the world series the kiss of death? >> sports illustrated covers tend to be kisses of death.

>> yeah. seeing changes like that the greatest in the world for that. >> we will see. they have the power. obviously haven't seem distracted around for the whole year. people you can argue that last year, it could have been different for them. so we will have to see. it's a good position. >> where do you see the xwraifrningz the last 17, 18 years? a lot of people are predicting them for fourth place maybe 30 place can can? do you think that the yankees are under-rated this year or

finish around 3rd or 4th? >> i do have to say the yankees underrated right now just because of how -- how bearish we are. it's brutal. so, it may not be the fault of the yankees of having a worst team. at the same time, it's an i had incredible position this year. i agree the orioles are a little over-valued. not even close they tend to win a lot of tough games but it's an overrated team. we will see what happens with the orioles.

tore onto is looking to be a good team. >> all right. play ball. here we are. opening day. kevin lincoln, thanks so much for joining us again this morning. good to have you with us? >> good to be here. >> deputy sports editor of buzzfeed, buzzfeed.com. you think of them as a political thing. they cover everything. culture, entertainment sports politics. they are a great bunch of guys. >> cats? >> the guys in sweat shirts? >> yeah, right. >> "full-court press," we will be right back. >> this is "the bill press show." to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in

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>> this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> hey. there we go. 12 minutes before the top of the hour on monday first day of april, april fool's day. we are back with bob kcusack talking about the stories of the day. this one caught my attention. in philadelphia, a man on who spends 144 months in prison. they got him for running a fraud and identity theft ring. recruited bank and insurance company employees. the bank account and personal information of the victims and credit card accounts in his

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12:30. it's like easter bunny or jay carney. >> easter bunny may be a little more enterthaning. >> by the way, this is the only time i get to play this song ♪ here come's peter cotton tail hopping down the bunny trail. hippetty hippetty, hoppity, easter's on its way. ♪ >> there you go. >> play that for your son? >> he doesn't watch the show. >> bill: bob last year i said we will not talk about 2016 until late 2015 or early 2016, but i don't want to talk about hillary clinton but is anybody sitting in the seat of in terms of she can do whatever she wants

to do right now. >> absolutely. >> hillary clinton? >> it is. republicans are going through the autopsy report and they have to be thinking every day how are we going to beat hillary clinton 2016 with her numbers and if she is healthy she is going to be very, very difficult to beat. >> she will be probably get more than her husband right now in terms of speeches. if she wants to go in the corporate world, wants to go in the academic world, in the foundation world. i mean she's just got it. right? >> that's right. and, you know, a recent video on gay mergearriage, there is a telling sign she is thinking about running. >> if she wants to run for -- president is the om thing left. >> that's right. >> so can you just put it to

where you imagine any democrat running against her in the primary? >> i can't see any prominent democrat running against her. >> that's the only possible exception because if joe biden wants to become president, he's got to run in 2016. and the only question will be well, mr. president, barack obama, who do you support? and i think hillary will stay out of that game of vice president and former secretary of state. i don't know. it is a decision that joe biden, if he wants to run. other than biden, you know, martin o'malley wants to run for president. i don't think it would be wise for him to try to run. remember, in 2008, everyone thought it was crazy for barack obama to run. why would we run him? but it's different. i don't see that.

>> she has only improved her stature since then and done a great job as secretary of state. there has to be republicans, amount of them jockeying right now, but some of them if they know it's going to be hillary clinton or if she is running, which makes it to have to be republicans are going to say i think i might wait another one right? >> the game plan last year was like, i am not going to get involved. and, you know, we will see. rick santorum and newt gingrich who couldn't even wallfy if some states. so i think we would have to say, well action maybe i will sit this one out. it's not the way it used to be where you could run and run and event become president. now, george w. bush ran and became president on the first try, barack obama on the first try. so i don't know.

i think someone like rubio. >> bob, it's great to have you in the studio. >> going to disney world? >> i will be enjoy the we think. >> i will be back with a quick parting shot. thank you, bob. >> thank you. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ]

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the state department, that long pipeline that would take 800,000 barrels of oil a day from the tar sands of canada all the way to the gulf coast of texas answer? and we have been told don't worry about it. pipeline technology is so safe today, you would never have to worry about it. 0 yeah? this will weekend, exxonmobil's pipeline slit a seam, spilled 12 to 15,000 barrels of oil. exxon is trying to clean it up. last week, they were set with a million dollars fine for pipeline spill last july into the yellowstone river. it will seems it's pretty clear here the pipelines are not so environmentally safe after all. look at all of the damage from existing pipelines. we would be idiots to build another one. folks, have a great monday.

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